Academic Background

Biography

Dr. Logan McLeod is currently an Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Health Economics at Laurier Research Group. While completing a PhD from McMaster University (2010), Dr. McLeod first joined the faculty at the University of Albertaís School of Public Health (2009) before joining the Economics Department at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2012. He earned a BA (Honors Economics) from the University of Western Ontario (2001) and an MA (Economics) from McMaster University (2002). Dr. McLeod is currently Co-Chair of the Canadian Health Economistís Study Group Series Organizing Committee.

His primary research areas include applied microeconometrics and applied microeconomic theory in the field of Health Economics. Specifically, his research is on the economics of primary health care and covers three specific areas: utilization of health care services, the determinants of healthy behaviours, and health care financing (i.e. financial barriers to access). More broadly, Dr. McLeod is interested in how social survey and administrative data, and the application of appropriate parametric and nonparametric econometric methods, can be used to further our understanding of the economics of primary health care. His research has been published in leading academic journals, including the Canadian Journal of Economics, Applied Economics, and the Journal of Health Economics.